tropical line in florida

[MOforthewin]

Was in St. Pete, Clearwater area today.

Driving on 275 looking into the sub divisions I did see a "few" smaller coconut palm trees.

I will say driving over the Skyway you notice a change in scenery on the south side "Bradenton" versus St. Pete.

St. Pete while I mentioned had a few coconut palms, overall a lot of temperate, non tropical trees, tons of them mixed in as well. A mixture of northern and southern plants.

Even just over that short stretch bradenton on the South side of Tampa bay looks more tropical than St. Pete. It's a pretty drastic difference.

Also, you notice more higher elevation on the other side of the Bridge as well.

[SEFLANATIVE]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

Several times....every year...we go down to around 40....or even below.....that's normal....plants that are truly tropical can't take that

most tropical plants won't die in those condition...excluding the ultra tropical plants that you find deep in the tropics...but I also highly dought Southern florida gets into the lower 40's or even the 30's every year those are like once every couple decades at best.....those are more like extremes then normalities. for this part of the state

[Corrie22]

Originally Posted by SEFLANATIVE

most tropical plants won't die in those condition...excluding the ultra tropical plants that you find deep in the tropics...but I also highly dought Southern florida gets into the lower 40's or even the 30's every year those are like once every couple decades at best.....those are more like extremes then normalities. for this part of the state

of course they do.....there's no sliding scale...if a plant is truly tropical...it's toast

Originally Posted by Corrie22

For the past 73 years....Miami has gotten in the 30's and 40's every year....with the exception of just one year.....1994...when the low was 50

36 of those 73 years.....half of all of those years....Miami was in the 30's

...just last year...Miami's low was 40

https://www.currentresults.com/Yearl...emperature.php

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January 22, 2020 < last year

Iguanas are falling from trees in Florida due to cold weather

"With lows hitting the 30s and 40s in the Miami area Tuesday night, iguanas have become so cold that they slow down or become entirely immobile and fall from the trees, according to the National Weather Service Miami-South Florida."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/iguanas-fa...ry?id=68449015

[SEFLANATIVE]

Getting back to the OP florida is unoffically apart of the tropics here's why the torrid/Tropical zone isn't a straight line nothing on Earth is that cut and Dry due to land masses and the Coriolis Effect meaning all the zones on earth are wavy not straight thus explaining why you have Mediterranean climates outside of the Med and tropical south florida type climates outside of the actual tropics that also explains why miami type climate isn't matched until the 22.5 latitude which is undoubtly tropical.

[Pincho-toot]

The northern tip of Lake Okeechobee. Just draw a straight line east-west.

[SEFLANATIVE]

Originally Posted by Pincho-toot

The northern tip of Lake Okeechobee. Just draw a straight line east-west.

i would draw the line south of the lake.... North of the lake is Subtropics